Appeal 6000845
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
6 sections
Read the development description and the Inspector’s text from the official decision PDF in source order. Source headings are retained where available. Personal and contact details are removed by an automated privacy filter; this is source material, not Rules for You analysis.
Section 01
Development description
the creation of vehicular access and hard standing.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is allowed and the details submitted pursuant to conditions No 2 attached to planning permission [name]/K2230/D/25/3360101 granted on 25 April 2025 in accordance with the application Ref 20250575 dated 9 June 2025 and the plans submitted with it, as amended by the appellant’s Statement of Case, are approved. For the avoidance of doubt, the approved details are contained in the appellant’s Statement of Case and are as follows: - the use of block paving (50mm [name] 3 size Natural) to the full extent of the driveway hardstanding, with no loose gravel or pea shingle; and - the use of reclaimed bricks from the existing boundary wall and the use of [name] 65mm [name] for the construction of the new boundary wall.
Section 03
Procedural Matter
During the course of the appeal, the appellant submitted revised details of the proposed materials. These were shared with the Council. Therefore, I have taken these revised details into account in determining the appeal.
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the proposed materials on highway safety.
Section 05
Reasons
The application to discharge condition 2 was refused because the submitted details lacked clarity and relied on the use of loose pea shingle for the driveway, which could deposit onto the highway and pose a danger to other road users.
The submitted revised details confirm that the hardstanding would be formed entirely of block paving, with no loose gravel or pea shingle. The use of block paving would not result in debris on the highway and would therefore not obstruct other road users such as pushchairs, wheelchairs or pedestrians. In my view, the proposed materials would be appropriate for their intended use.
The Council had concerns regarding the clarity of the plans and how the shingle and pavers would be laid out. Given it is now proposed to pave the entire driveway, it is considered that the plans are sufficiently clear and adequate.
The local planning authority has confirmed that it raises no objection to the revised materials. On this basis, I am satisfied that the proposal would not give rise to harm to highway safety and that the requirements of condition 2 are met.
Section 06
Conclusion
For the reasons given above, the appeal is allowed in relation to the details submitted pursuant to condition 2.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 5063No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 5 March 2026Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 6 January 2026 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 6000845
- Application reference
- 20250575
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000109
Casework details
The casework, procedure, development and linking details supplied by the official record.
- Casework type
- Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development type
- Other minor developments
- Appeal type reason
- Not recorded
- Appeal reason
- refused
- Type detail
- Planning Appeals - Full
- Jurisdiction
- No Jurisdiction Associated
- Link status
- Not recorded
Site and development
Published appeal-site measurements and planning designations, without the withheld precise location fields.
- Site area
- 0 hectares
- Floor space
- 9 m²
- Number of residences
- 0
- Site in Green Belt
- No
- Agricultural holding
- No
- Affects setting of a listed building
- Yes
- Historic building grant made
- Not recorded
- Relates to a conservation area
- Not recorded
- Flooding is an issue
- Not recorded
- Site within an AONB
- No
- Site within an SSSI
- Not recorded
Decision and dates
The published outcome and every imported case date.
- Official decision
- Dismissed
- Decision category
- Dismissed
- Received date
- 29 September 2025
- Valid date
- 29 September 2025
- Start date
- 20 October 2025
- Planning authority decision date
- 30 July 2025
- Appeal decision date
- 5 March 2026
Case administration
Published recovery, call-in, costs and enforcement information for this case.
- Redetermined
- Not recorded
- Bespoke
- Not recorded
- Date recovered
- Not recorded
- Date not recovered or derecovered
- Not recorded
- Call-in date
- Not recorded
- Costs applied for
- No
- Enforcement grounds count
- Not recorded
- Enforcement grounds
- Not recorded
Source and catalogue history
When this record appeared in the rolling official release and when the catalogue stored it.
- Source
- Planning Inspectorate casework database
- Source data system
- Back Office-s78
- Dataset status
- Current release
- Catalogue record ID
- 85413
- First seen
- 20 August 2026 at 14:25
- Last seen
- 20 August 2026 at 16:29
- Removed from release
- Not recorded
- Record created
- 20 August 2026 at 14:25
- Record updated
- 20 August 2026 at 16:29